Gobble, Gobble!

Hi Everyone!
Hope you are all enjoying beautiful fall weather!  We have had such lovely sunshine lately it feels like it will go on forever, but I know it won't last long!  We enjoyed Thanksgiving here in Canada last weekend, but I know for many of my friends it is still to come and so the kit inspired by the holiday has arrived!  Gobble Gobble by Crescent Moon Designs is now available at Scraps N Pieces!
I did a layout using pictures of our trip to Disneyland last year.  I thought it was the perfect kit to use to showcase all those fantastic Disney character pumpkins!

I did a couple of freebies for you too, just click on the links and enjoy!

Click here to access cluster freebie from Gobble Gobble

Click here to access cluster freebie frame from Gobble Gobble

That's it for now.  I wish you and your loved ones a very Happy Thanksgiving.

Happy Scrappin!

Ann

Spring Is In The Air & Summer Is On The Way!

Hi Everyone!
Hope you have all been well.  Things have been a bit crazy for me so a bit less time for scrapbooking & designing :(  , but I found some time last week to do a couple of layouts featuring a few kits from CatDesignz.

This layout features items from the kit English Garden and the wordart is from Spring

I used photoshop basic shapes and clipped papers to them for a little something extra.

I played a bit and mixed up some kits with this one.  Wordart is Inspirational Wordart Set3, Totally Tropical, Summer Smiles, Summer Notes, English Garden, and Spring.

Summer Smiles, Summer Notes, English Garden, and Spring are all .99 cents right now at Catherine's My Memories store.  Get it while it lasts!

Well that's all for now.  Hope you are all enjoying a beautiful spring and getting lots of scrapbooking done!

Happy Scrappin!

A Brand New Shop!

Happy Weekend Everyone!
I just wanted to drop you a quick posting today to let you in on some BIG NEWS!  I have opened an Etsy Shop!  I have beautiful digital kits, word art, and embellishments there for you at the click of a button!  More will be arriving as often as I can make them.  My work is all S4H and PU friendly and now I am also offering materials that are CU and even CU4CU!  Pop on by and take a peek!
My Etsy Shop

To celebrate I would like to give you this little word art FREEBIE!  You can download it here.

Courage Word Art Freebie

I would love to hear your feedback!  Please feel free to drop me a line and let me know what  you think about my new store and follow me if you like it!

Happy Scrappin!

Ann

It's been awhile...

Hello fellow Scrapbookers!
I know it has been awhile since I have made a posting.  I am actually a bit surprised at how much time has past.  Busy, busy, busy.  I know life must catch up with you just like it does with me.  This year I have been trying my best to make sure I do the things that make life a bit easier, meal planning, setting time aside for all those things I said I would get to, but just haven't yet.  So far I think I am getting on the right track.  I find that my scrapbooking can be a bit like that too.  When all of my supplies are a mess, pictures are not properly named and filed, it can be really difficult to get to and enjoy the thing we love to do most, scrapbooking our treasured memories!  This year if you do just one thing, resolve to get those photos organized and set up a filing system for all your digi treasures!  If you need some help with how to do that, I will be setting up an area on my blog with just that type of information for you, so stay tuned, or feel free to contact me.  I am happy to help!
Speaking of digi treasures, I have some wonderful ones to show you from the world of CatDesignz.
The very latest kit I am going to show you is called "A Butterfly's Touch".  This kit is full of beautiful vintage pieces, beautiful florals, and of course a few butterflys.

I really enjoyed playing with this kit.  Here are a few of my layouts.

This one I turned into a Quick Page so you could enjoy it too!  Watch for it, it should be available soon!

This year has also seen the introduction of some craftable templates.  These work with the My Memories program.  

And of course a Quick Page!

Take a stop on by to see all of the fantastic new products Catherine has in store, you won't be disappointed!

I will leave you with that for now and will be back again soon to show you more goodies and provide you with more inspiration for your preserving your family memories!

Happy Scrappin!

Ann

A Kind Heart Freebie!

Happy Friday!
Have you had a good week getting everything back into it's normal swing of things?  I hope you have!  I know our family is well back into the regular routine and while I do miss the lazy days of summer, it is nice to have things back to normal.
Catherine's My Memories store was just whirring with activity this past month with all her fabulous sales going on!  She has decided to give everyone one more opportunity to save on her photobooks, and this time the sale is on her gorgeous 40 page books!  Perfect for getting a handle on all those scrapbooking projects that never quite seem to get finished, at only $9.99 this week only (regular $19.99) it's a deal that just can't be passed up!

Butterfly Classic 40 Page Photobook
The Butterfly Classic is just one example of the many books available this week at this great price!
If you don't have your very own copy of the My Memories software to utilize these photobooks, just use my special code and you can pick it up for only $29.97 USD AND you will also get a $10 coupon to use in the store!
There are just so many wonderful things in store, photobooks and templates, and of course designer kits and quickpages that you can use, no matter what program you use to create your memory keepsakes with, so go on over and take a peek at Catherine's My Memories store.
Before I leave you for the week, I have to give you your Friday Freebie!
This is a Quickpage I created using Catherine's kit Deco Rosa and Deco Rosa Swirls.

Click Here for Your Friday Freebie "Kind Heart Quickpage"

Enjoy, and have a fantastic weekend!
Happy Scrappin'!
Ann

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***Disclaimer - In exchange for reviewing and promoting their product through the use of the discount coupon, I have received the My Memories Suite Software at no charge***

My Favorite Thing? Friday Freebies!

Happy Friday!

This weekend is our only weekend for the rest of the month that will be somewhat relaxing!  The summer is just whizzing by and before you know it Christmas will be upon us!  Hope everyone is enjoying their summer and getting lots of scrapbooking done of course!

Catherine's My Memories store is beautiful!  So many gorgeous things for you!  Just take a look at this page from the beautiful photobook Simply Lacey made by my fellow Creative Team member Linda!


All of Catherine's photobooks are on sale until August 15th for only $5.99 to celebrate her anniversary of joining My Memories!  This is your one and only chance this year to get this deal on photobooks so stock up!

This is a page from the photobook My Favorite Things - also on sale!

There are matching kits and add on's too!

My Favorite Things Kit

My Favorite Things Papers

There are template sets available too like this one My Favorite Roses Template 3

So with keeping of the theme, here is your Fabulous Friday Freebie!

Click here for your Friday Freebie Quickpage!

A Quickpage from the My Favorite Things Quickpages kit which is available at Catherine's My Memories store.  

Well that is all for now, I hope you all have a fabulous weekend and Happy Scrappin!

Ann

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***Disclaimer - In exchange for reviewing and promoting their product through the use of the discount coupon, I have received the My Memories Suite Software at no charge***

Fabulous Long Weekend Freebie!

Happy Friday!  And Happy BC Day Long Weekend!

Wow, August already!  Is your summer zipping by as fast as mine is?
We had a very busy July and I am hoping that August will give us a bit of relax time.  Things are not slowing down at CatDesignz!  Catherine's My Memories store is overflowing with new stuff and sales!  This week until Sunday she has listed 3 of her Casa Deco kits for just $2.99!  These kits are beautiful and I love the wordarts in them.  They will only be this price until Sunday so don't wait to grab yours!

Catz Casa Deco Amethyst Kit

Also don't forget that all of Catherine's photobooks are on sale until August 15th for only $5.99 to celebrate her anniversary of joining My Memories!

Here is a sample page of one of them that I did up using one of Catherine's beautiful Casa Deco kits!

Mi Casa Es Su Casa Photobook

Also, beautiful inspirational wordarts are on sale this weekend too!

Inspirational Wordart Change

I hope you take a few minutes to go and check them all out!


And now of course, for your Fabulous Friday Freebie!

Click here to pick up your FREEBIE!

That's all for now!  Enjoy your weekend and Happy Scrappin!

Ann

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(NEED A COPY OF THE FANTASTIC MY MEMORIES DIGITAL SOFTWARE THAT I USE TO SHOWCASE MY LAYOUTS?  SIMPLY GO TO MY MEMORIES.COM AND USE MY CODE STMMMS74799 TO GET A $10 DISCOUNT ON THE MY MEMORIES SUITE SOFTWARE AND GET A $10 COUPON TO USE IN THE STORE!)

***Disclaimer - In exchange for reviewing and promoting their product through the use of the discount coupon, I have received the My Memories Suite Software at no charge***

Fabulous Freebie Friday - My Favorite!

Happy Friday Everyone!

Hope you have all had a fantastic week!  We have had some sun, some rain and thunderstorms this past week, but I am really looking forward to this weekend since it is to be full of wonderful sunshine!!!!
Things have been pretty sunny these days over at CatDesignz though!  I am sure everyone knows about her amazing Christmas in July sale that is happening since I have been talking about that for awhile now.  All of her digital Christmas goodies are 50% off now but the sale is only on until the end of the month, so get it while you can!
Another amazing feature sale is her "Random Reduction" offers!  Each day Catherine has been offering a random kit for .99 cents!  These random kits are available at this price for 24 hours only and is a limited time offer so is another thing you won't want to miss out on!  Visit her CatDesignz Facebook Page to keep up to date on what's new for Random Reductions!
There are so many wonderful kits, wordarts, photobooks and templates that are hitting Catherine's My Memories store everyday so make sure to hop on over and check them all out.  Here are a couple of sneek peeks for you...

Pinkadinky Template Set by my fellow CT member Linda!

One of the pages I created in My Favorite Roses Photobook 

One of the Shades of Summer Template Set I created using Cat's Coral Summer II kit

And a brand new kit called Catz Casa Deco Aqua
And so, so, so much more!
As you can very plainly see, this scrapbooking thing is kind of a big deal to me :)
And, since it is Friday it is also time for me to give you your Friday Freebie so what better Freebie to give you than one that so perfectly describes what my hubby says about my fantastic, wonderful, beautiful hobby?

Click here to get your Friday Freebie - FAVORITE WASTE OF TIME WORDART

You can pick this freebie up by clicking on the link above.  It is in .png format so can be used in any program you like, or of course downloaded in the My Memories format if you prefer.  Thanks for the FREEBIE Catherine!
(I know you've seen these before, but here are a couple of pages so you have easy access to finding them to take part in the fantastic Christmas in July Sale!)

The Night Before Christmas

Naughty Or Nice

Happy Scrappin'!
Ann

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***Disclaimer - In exchange for reviewing and promoting their product through the use of the discount coupon, I have received the My Memories Suite Software at no charge***

It's A Summer Blog Hop!!!!

Hi Everyone!
Remember that surprise I was telling you about???
I can tell you all about it now and I am just so excited to be a part of it!  It's  CatDesignz Summer Blog Hop!  Catherine's friends and Creative Team members will all have beautiful freebies and inspiration for you.  All the fun will start at  CatDesignz on Sunday, July 8th so don't miss it!  
In the meantime while you are waiting for all the fun to begin you can visit Catherine's My Memories store for her Christmas In July Sale for fantastic deals on Christmas kits for the entire month of July!

Happy Scrappin!
Ann

****Fantastic Freebies Every Friday right here at Scrapbooking With Ann - Follow me and never miss a Freebie again!****

(NEED A COPY OF THE FANTASTIC MY MEMORIES DIGITAL SOFTWARE THAT I USE TO SHOWCASE MY LAYOUTS?  SIMPLY GO TO MY MEMORIES.COM AND USE MY CODE STMMMS74799 TO GET A $10 DISCOUNT ON THE MY MEMORIES SUITE SOFTWARE AND GET A $10 COUPON TO USE IN THE STORE!)

***Disclaimer - In exchange for reviewing and promoting their product through the use of the discount coupon, I have received the My Memories Suite Software at no charge***

Friday Freebie - Gone Fishing!

Good Morning my Fellow Scrappers!
I can't believe it is the end of the week already!  I am very much looking forward to this weekend, hoping we are going to get some nice weather here so my hubby and I can get out and enjoy some fishing!
I thought that for today's Friday Freebie I would share some layouts with you featuring some of our fishing photos.  The first three of these layouts mean a lot to me.  They were taken about 2 summers ago when we decided to take my father in law on a weekend fishing trip.  We traveled about 12 hours away to a rustic, but very beautiful little resort called Finger Lake, just outside of Vanderhoof, BC.  My sister in law flew in from Vancouver and drove to the resort with my mother in law to enjoy the weekend with us.  It was so great to have all of us together and such a nice way to spend time with Jim's Dad.  I don't know how long it had been since Dad had been fishing before this weekend, but I know he enjoyed throwing his line in the water and spending some time fishing with his son.  Jim's Dad passed away earlier this year, but we will always remember all the great times we had with him, especially when we are enjoying our scrapbooks, looking to our favorite photos of our times together.

(This last picture is my husband throwing his line into Lake Okanagan, or as I lovingly refer to it "Lake Okan-Ocean"!)

I used a fantastic little wordart kit from  CatDesignz called Gone Fishing Wordart to create these layouts.  They are available at Catherine's My Memories store now, so you can hop on over and pick up your very own set!
For today's Friday Freebie, I have a quickpage for you to enjoy.  I truly hope that you will use it to scrapbook your own treasured memories and look back on your very own fond memories with your loved ones.

GONE FISHING QUICKPAGE

To get your freebie, just click on the link below the photo.  This page is in .png format so can be used in whatever program you like or also downloaded in the My Memories format if you prefer.  Enjoy!

Well, that's all for today, I wish you all a fantastic weekend, and for those fishermen out there Tips Up And Tight Lines!

Happy Scrappin!
Ann

Win With CatDesignz

Hello Everyone!
Hope you have enjoyed your weekend and all of the freebies I have posted for you this week.
I have another piece of news to share with you.  Catherine of CatDesignz is giving away a custom designed Messenger Bag.  Click on the link below to enter.
CatDesignz Win Win Win

Good Luck and Happy Scrappin!

Ann

Sharing My Special Memories & Freebie Friday!

Hi Everyone!
Today I would like to show you something very special to me.  I created a video using software from My Memories and a beautiful digital scrapbooking kit from CatDesignz called Birdhouse Blossom.  These are photos of my daughter, they are the first photos that we have taken of her that really show how she is growing up before my very eyes.  Sooner than I know, she will leave our nest and fly on her own.  We had such a fantastic Mother's Day together on our special walk taking these photos.  These are the memories I will always cherish!  So without further ado, here is Birdhouse Blossom Beauty!

When I created this photobook using Catherine's beautiful kit, I was really pulled toward the tree with the blossoms and of course the birdhouse.  This entire book was created using only 3 elements from the kit plus the background paper and then I added in a few wordarts for a little extra pizazz.  It just goes to show that you don't need a lot of materials to make a big impact!
If you enjoyed this video, you can make your very own.  Just use my code   STMMMS74799    to get a $10 discount on the My Memories software and hop on over to Catherine's My Memories store to pick up the Photobook Template Birdhouse Blossom Beauty, plunk in your photo's and your done!

Now onto your Friday Freebie!  This is a little Freebie I have created for you using an element from my latest digital kit called My Favorite Things.  I really enjoyed making this kit and I feel it works so well with so many memorable events.  It is available now in Catherine's store as well as all of it's add on goodies!

FREEBIE FAVORITE THINGS TAG 

***Please note: Terms of Use are Personal Use/Scrap For Hire.  You can get a copy of my TOU here.  If you like this freebie, please feel free to tell your friends, but I do ask that you send them here to my blog to get it.  Thanks!***

Well, that's all for now, I'm off to preserve some more memories.  Enjoy your freebie!
Until next time, Happy Scrappin!
Ann

Brand New Kits In Store Now!

Hi Everyone!

I am so excited!  My brand new digital scrapbooking kits are now in Catherine's My Memories store!  It all started out when I was working on some Weathered Floral Template Pages for Catherine using her Weathered Floral kit and it struck me to add some wordart to the template.  All I could see running through my mind was "These are a few of my favorite things..."  and so My Favorite Things was born and it's add on kits with it!  I would love it if you would hop on over and check it out and feel free to let me know what you think of it.

My Favorite Things Digital Scrapbooking Kit

My Favorite Things Papers

My Favorite Things Quickpages Kit

My Favorite Things Pink Add On Kit

All of these kits are available to download by clicking the links which will take you to Catherine's store at My Memories.  There you can download directly into your  My Memories software or choose to download in a format to work with whatever program you enjoy using.

Enjoy and Happy Scrappin!

Ann

Beautiful Birdhouse Blossoms!

Hello Everyone!
Hope today treated you well.  It was a beautiful day here, a perfect day to get me in the mood to play with a gorgeous new kit by CatDesignz called Birdhouse Blossom!  This kit is so beautiful, I fell in love with it the moment I saw it, I am sure you will too!  Here are a couple of pages I did up using the kit.  They feature my beautiful daughter on our Mother's Day walk along a parkway path where there is a bird sanctuary.  This kit fit my need perfectly.  I can see it used in so many scenarios, can't you?

If you would like to enjoy this kit for yourself, you can pick it up over at Catherine's store at My Memories.

Happy Scrappin!
Ann

Friday Paper Freebie!

Happy Friday Everyone!
Well I don't know about you, but I have a crazy, busy weekend ahead of me!  I didn't want to have you miss out on your FRIDAY FREEBIE though, so I will make this short and sweet today.  Many things on the horizon for me to share with you, but for today I will just leave you with this.  Enjoy!

FREEBIE - EMBOSSED BUTTERFLY PAPER

(This paper is created at 300dpi and is 12" x 12" in jpg format)

(PLEASE NOTE: THIS FREEBIE CAN BE USED FOR PERSONAL USE AS WELL AS SCRAP 4 HIRE - BUT PLEASE DON'T COPY AND RE-DISTRIBUTE.  IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, AND I HOPE YOU DO, PLEASE DIRECT YOUR FRIENDS TO MY BLOG TO DO SO).

Don't forget you can pick up more accessories that go with the freebie today.  My debut digital scrapbooking kit that I designed called "So Beautiful To Me" is available at the My Memories store.  It is full of bright, beautiful colors to compliment your photos, whatever the event.  You can download it in My Memories format, or in General format to work with whatever program you like to use.

Happy Scrappin!

You can also purchase my new kit "So Beautiful To Me" by clicking on the Add To Cart Button.  This will take you to my store on Tradebit for a secure download.

Friday Freebie So Beautiful To Me Quickpage #2!

Happy Freebie Friday Everyone!

Hope you all were able to enjoy last weekends blog hop with My Memories in celebration of National Scrapbooking Day. Everyone involved heard such fantastic feedback about it, I am sure they will do another one so I will keep my ear to the ground for you on that one!  

The debut of my very first digital scrapbooking kit that I designed has gone over very well.  I am so excited about it.  It is called "So Beautiful To Me" and is full of bright, beautiful colors to compliment your photos, whatever the event.  You can pick up my new kit at the My Memories store here and download in My Memories format, or in General format to work with whatever program you like to use.

While you are there, don't forget to stop and peek at the beautiful templates made by my wonderful friends Catherine of CatDesignz and Celeste of Touched By A Butterfly using the elements from my kit.  They are also available at the My Memories store.

 So Beautiful To Me Template 2

 (just one example-set of 4)

So Beautiful To Me Template
(just one example-set of 4)

I am busy working on my next kit for you.  I really can't wait to show you, but I don't want to rush it and ideas keep on popping into my head for it, so I will keep on working away! (Unfortunately my REAL job seems to get in the way of my FUN job, ha, ha, ha).  Until then, please enjoy this freebie in .png format.  It is the sister page to my freebie from last week(which is still available for you too).  Just click on the link below.  Enjoy!

So Beautiful Quickpage2 Freebie!

Last week's freebie

So Beautiful Quickpage Freebie!

(PLEASE NOTE: THIS FREEBIE CAN BE USED FOR PERSONAL USE AS WELL AS SCRAP 4 HIRE - BUT PLEASE DON'T COPY AND RE-DISTRIBUTE.  IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, AND I HOPE YOU DO, PLEASE DIRECT YOUR FRIENDS TO MY BLOG TO DO SO).

By the way, my friend Celeste  of Touched By A Butterfly is also running a freebie today to celebrate her new venture, hop on over and take a peek!

Happy Scrappin!

You can also purchase my new kit "So Beautiful To Me" by clicking on the Add To Cart Button.  This will take you to my store on Tradebit for a secure download.